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Interestingly, the investment comes as Berkshire Hathaway has shed stock in many of its other holdings, including General Motors, Procter & Gamble, and Johnson & Johnson.

Berkshire Hathaway has amassed the unprecedented "cash pile" despite recently buying back some $700 million worth of its own stock.

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The gift is only the latest step taken by Buffett to fulfill a pledge he first took back in 2006, when he promised to make a yearly tradition out of giving his Class B shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway investment firm may have inadvertently helped finance an $800 million "Ponzi-type" scheme, according to investigators in the FBI.

It's not known whether Apple's recent performance has caused Buffett to rethink his widely reported enthusiasm for the company.

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